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>&#13;   Good documentation is essential for users to fully understand any
   software. Several PEAR packages lack documentation or have docs which
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>&#13;   Translating documentation is another important task.
   Not only does new documentation need to be translated
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   welcome. Also, existing translations need to be brought
   up to date because the English versions have been changed.
   Help on how to perform the translation process is in the <A
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